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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Albert Zintler, Gross-Gerau, DE;
Assignee:
VDO Adolf Schindling AG, Frankfurt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
70 92 ; 70255 ; 70264 ; 70465 ; 180286 ; 280748 ; 292D / ; 292D / ; 297480 ;
Abstract
In an apparatus for the unlocking of doors of a motor vehicle in the event of an accident, at least one device for tensioning a safety belt is, in the case of an accident, operatively connected with at least one door-unlocking device. Operation of the belt tensioning device during an accident initiates operation of the door unlocking mechanism.